Tupperville, Ontario Explained

Official Name:Tupperville
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Chatham–Kent
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:42.5903°N -82.2694°W
Postal Code Type:Forward sortation area
Postal Code:N0P 2M0
Area Code:519 and 226
Blank Name:NTS Map
Blank Info:040J09
Blank1 Name:GNBC Code
Blank1 Info:FCXZE

Tupperville is a community on the Sydenham River in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada and has a population of approx. 300 people. Tupperville was named after Canada's sixth Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper.

The village historian Melba Simpson wrote a book on the village's history in 2003.

The first fire station in Tupperville was started by Stuart Shaw who was chief for 10 years.

Tupperville is located in close proximity to 2 larger towns - Wallaceburg (pop. 11,000) and Dresden (pop. 4,000). Thirty minutes south of Tupperville is the City of Chatham-Kent (pop. 42,000) and forty minutes north is the City of Sarnia (pop. 70,500).

Geology

The area where Tupperville sits emerged from the former Lake Algonquin.[1] In 1956, bones and teeth of mastodons were found a quarter-mile northeast of Tupperville on a shoal in Lake St. Clair.

Notable residents

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Abstracts of papers submitted for six meetings with which the Society was associated . 2018 . Geological Society of America . 978-0-8137-2068-5 . 167 . en.
  2. Web site: 2020-10-15 . Throwback Thursday: Tupperville's Greatest Greg Dreveny . 2023-05-05 . Chatham-Kent Sports Network . en-CA.